Aleksandra Khalyasmaa was born in 1986. She received a PhD in 2015. Now, she holds the post of associate professor at Ural Federal University. She is a leader of the National Problem Working Group (WG-6) in the sphere of Information and analytical systems for power equipment lifecycle management within Study Committee D2 of the Russian National Committee of CIGRE. Her specific fields of interest and research include power equipment technical state assessment, power systems transients, and distributed generation.